The Mail-Journal, Volume 5, Number 15, Milford, Kosciusko County, 17 May 1967 — Page 3

MRS. KINDER ENTERTAINS Mrs. Clifton Kinder of Syracuse

> S' We would like to'express our thanks to the many people who visited our showrooms during our recent FAMILY BOAT SHOW to look over the new 1967 line of motors, boats and marine accessory. We were pleased with the showing, and hope you will find time to visit us again soon. Winners of door prizes were: 3 H.P. JOHNSON MOTOR * Kenneth L Miller •• Goshen SET OF DISHES Mrs. Eugene Kehr - Goshen KEN HARKLESS WAWASEE BOAT CO. “Same Location For The Past 28 Years” North Side Lake Wawasee Phone: 457-3000

let us HEAR. FROM YOU ® Lend Your Support To I*• ' * ' Lakeland Youth Center Benefit ffllE AUCTION SATURDAY, MAY 27“ LUNCH SERVED Call Kay Robie at > ■ 457-3681 or 457-3777 JOIN US ... BE A PUSHER HERE'S YOUR CHANCE TO HELP — You can donate anything that will sell at a public auction — Ms, appliances, well, you name it. ds go toward the LAKELAND YOUTH CENTER. reMrajffi ie big chance to get behind the youth of our greater lunity. you’ll do more than that. We hope you’ll be present >neer brings down his gavel to open the sale. harry miller Auctioneer /TV)hIZcJkL V JANET MILLER T \llrW Clerk I Ky M I Is 4k

entertained a group of Syracuse ladies at a bridge-brunch in the Elcona country dub on Thursday of last week.

tajziNJCS around Hilf Our item concerning the defacement of the highway sign at the junc-| tion of 6 and 13, two miles north of Syracuse, had no more than hit the street than we get a letter from the I Wolverine Sign Works of Owosso, j Mich., about that sign. The company is offering a reward of S3OO for information lead- ■ ing to the apprehension and con-

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viction of,the culprits Mug the ainy wots. E. T. Schwartz of the sign company writes, “It seems too often that we get word of one of our signs being defaced, not only in Indiana but Michigan and other states in which we operate”. This has gone beyond the prank stage, the company states, and it is being forced to move against the evil-doers. ♦ • • Pretty Charlotte Kell, a real aviation enthusiast, intends to make her Wawasee Airport one of the centers of attraction on June 18, the day of the Father s Day Flotilla. She Is sending out flyers to airports in a 200-mile radius in Indiana and surrounding states announcing a fly-in at the local airport. She plans to have transportation to take the visiting flyers to a

local dining area at mml Besides that, she is arranging to offer helicopter rides during the day and is planning to have at least three parachute jumps in Lake Wawasee preceding the actual Flotilla. Wanta bet she’ll pull it off? • • • Merrill Norris of Merrill's Marina probably won’t tell you, but he has a trophy in his showcase he received for winning first place in the 1967 Elkhart-Goshen coin show held April 17 at Elkhart. A first-rate coin collector, be has complete coin sets in many series. His display in his marina is nothing compared to what he has in his basement. A man can get a real bundle of money tied up in this hobby, he says, and we believe him. Merrill has been interested in coins for about 25 years. Incidentally. Merrill, an old doughboy, states he was the only man in World War II who shot a perfect score with a carbine and M-l rifled « • * Cromwell Advance weekly newspaper editor Don Robbins is reported to be having trouble keeping Martins in his Martin house. “They come and go. but don't seem to want to stay”, he says. We knew brother Don was a great cat lover, but this Martin bit comes as a surprise. • • • Gene and Vera Hall have begun building a new home on North Shore Drive. Gene is Standard Oil salesman and Vera works in Syracuse elementary school. • • • Mrs. Bob (Dorothy) McClintic is a goer when she decides to get tied up in a “cause”. Her most recent involves a petition she is carrying, which will be sent to a congressional group, decrying the sending of foreign aid to countries who are

Nicolai Machine And Repair Shop 701 S. Main St Phone: 457-3232 SYRACUSE, INDIANA Lawn Mower Sales & Service Portable Electric And Acetylene Welding JIGS - FIXTURES - TOOLS - DIES Wrought Iron Railings & Specialties

just get V it there... the DODGE BOYS will ■ TRADE HIGH so its ■ ■ GREATTO ■ ■ GO DODGE ■ Drive it in... push it in... but bring it in and you’ll see what makes those Good Guys so good. Oh sure, they all wear white hats... but wait’ll you hear the deals they make. By tradin’ high, The Dodge Boys bring low prices down even more. So it’s easy, it’s fun, it’s Great To Go Dodge.. .especially now during Operation 67. Be a rebel and drive a revolutionary Dodge. W ,|7DOOBEDART I Rogers Motors, Inc. nmrs & hiwdngton st. BUTB SYRACUSE, IND. See those straight-dealln’ guys In white hats.

communist-dominated. From the petition she showed us, she’s getting a real hearty reception. • ♦ • Mrs. Lester (Ethel) Stabler of r 3 Syracuse has some real friends in the community who are stepping forth to give blood for her in support of her open heart surgery to be performed at the Robert Long Memorial hospital in Indianapolis on Friday, May 19. • * • ■ Gene and Louise Miller of Goshen are moving to Mesa, Ariz., by July 1. They are both well known in this area as excellent golfers. Gene, a brother to Ellie Blakesley. won the Flotilla golf tournament last year, and has worked at Eby Ford in Goshen as a mechanic for the oast 13 years. Louise operates a beauty parlor in Goshen. They have been going to the Mesa area each winter for a few weeks of golf, and just decided to move there. .* * * Everyone knows bow chopped up the roads have been this spring, but no one has been more concerned than Chuck Cleveland, a Lake Wawasee resident who is also superintendent of the county highway department. He said old timers have told him this year has been the worst break up of roads the area Has seen in the last 30 years. He said 700 tons of bituminous asphalt have been used per day (!) to repair the damage. 4 s*Chuck said the three days of 65 degree temperature in January was the primary cause for the break up of the roads. • * • Frog Tavern owner Ray Yoder, in his eagerness to get registrations for this year's Flotilla, has told the local Senior Citizens chapter he would provide them with a pontoon that they might take part in the parade. * * • The committee heads of Flotilla '67 made the rounds Saturday of golf courses, airport, the Semin-

Wednesday, May 17, 1967

Mother's Day Observed By Eastern Star Mother’s Day was observed by Syracuse chapter 283 Order of Eastern Star members at their regular meeting Wednesday, May 10. Mrs. Otto Stoelting and Mrs. Wallace Clark were honored as mothers of the year. Each received a red rose. Mrs. Clem Lisor, worthy matron, and James Michael, worthy patron, presided in the east. Reports on the session of the Indiana Grand Chapter, OES, held.recently at Indianapolis, were given by associate matron, Mrs. Robert Murray and Otto Stoelting. Application for membership were reaa and committees appointed. Balloting on new members was conducted with favorable results on six new members. Worthy patron James Michael invited everyone to the dining room where the host and hostess, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Kimes, served refreshments. Mrs: Doris Mohler. Syracuse, entertained at Sunday dinner for her son, Clair. Mrs. Mohler and family. ary and other points of interest during the week end of activities in order to provide pictures and background information for the local news media. It will be appearing here in the issues between now and June 18. • • • Residents along Stringtown road thought they were seeing shades of the old w'est early last Thursday morning when they saw 90 head of the state's best registered Holstein cattle roaming up and down the road. The cattle got out when lightning hit the electric fence charger on the Nate Insley farm, operated by Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Gardner. Lightning struck and killed their prize bull. The animals started walking toward Syracuse, then turned and went west, going as far as the Dewart Lake road before being rounded up.

A COMPLETE LINE OF WORK WEAR BY Osh Kosh Carhartt B'Gosh AND Brown Ducks AT HULL HOUSE Men’s and Young Men’s Wear Warsaw, Ind.

THE MAIL-JOURNAL

BPW Club Votes To Have Float Members of the Business and Professional Women’s club of Syracuse voted at a recent meeting to enter a float in the Father’s Day Flotilla and to assist the police and firemen with their fair as in the past. They’ also decided to furnish ham salad sandwiches for the bloodmobile to be in the area next Wednesday. Officers Mrs. Merton Meredith, chairman of the nominating committee, presented the slate for the coming year. These are: ■"* . ■*-*- President — Mrs. * Lyle Kell Vice president — Mrs. Theo Thomas Secretary’ — Mrs. Harold Galiahan Treasurer — Mrs. George Pippenger The slate was voted on and accepted. The lathes voted to have Mrs. Earl Money serve on the advisory 'board for four years, replacing Mrs. Dale Plummer. Tables at the Syracuse Case were decorated with spring flower arrangements and a lovely' floral coaster was at each place. The door prize was won by Mrs. Lyle Kell. Hostesses were Mrs. R. C. Tytler and Mrs. Winston Gants. Fire At Henry Baumgartner Home Thursday Fire broke out at the Henry Baumgartner home west of Milford at about 11:30 a.m. Thursday. Damage was to the front room of the house. The fire went up the walls to an upstairs room and burned through the floor to the basement. It was believed to have started by wiring. No estimates on the amount of damage have been given. The Milford fire department answered the call and saved the house from total destruction.

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